battery (for my boat) question?

I have a Minn Kota trolling motor, I run off a 12v battery.

Does anyone know of a way to charge these batteries, so I am not constantly
buying a new battery?

Does anyone have expierence with those solar battery chargers (you mount the
solar panel on your boat, and hook up the cables to the battery)????

Any ideas etc.. would be greatly appreciated,
_Bigred

On Sun, 29 Aug 2004 04:56:58 GMT, "_Bigred" <nelliott.RemoveThis@new.rr.con>
wrote:

 >I have a Minn Kota trolling motor, I run off a 12v battery.
 >
 >Does anyone know of a way to charge these batteries, so I am not constantly
 >buying a new battery?

Use a battery charger - you can buy one at Canadian Tire (or many
other places) intended for charging car batteries - they will work
fine with your battery.

For this application, I think you should use a "deep cycle" battery
(often called "marine" or "RV") rather than a car starting battery.
Deep cycle batteries will tolerate frequent deep discharges much
better than starting batteries.

Always recharge the battery soon after use - lead-acid batteries don't
like to be left discharged for long (and charge the battery once a
month or so, even if you aren't using it.)

 >
 >Does anyone have expierence with those solar battery chargers (you mount the
 >solar panel on your boat, and hook up the cables to the battery)????
 >
 >Any ideas etc.. would be greatly appreciated,
 >_Bigred
 >

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